Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

(asked on 1st December 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the health impacts of freezing alcohol duty in the 2020 Budget.


Answered by
 Portrait
Lord Agnew of Oulton
This question was answered on 15th December 2020

All taxes are kept under review and the impact of a change to alcohol duty is considered at each fiscal event, including its effect on health. As a freeze in duties involves no changes to rates, the Government expects there to be no direct impact on public health.

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